15 

 MUSEUM. 



The Visitors to the Museum during the year have been as follows : — 



18?3. 1S82 



214 Days. 213 Days. 



Total Visitors in the year 386,275 391,237 



"Weekly average 7,425 7,523 



Daily average 1,805 1,836 



The 18th of October, 1883, was the 22nd anniversary of the opening 

 of the Museum in the present building. 



The total number of Visitors during that time amounts to 9,459,864, 

 giving a yearly average of 429,993. 



DONATIONS. 



The tail of a large Eay ; a fine serrated-spined Echinus ; specimens 

 of Sponges, and an important collection of Marine specimens, specially 

 dredged and collected at Singapore for the Museum by Staff Surgeon- 

 Major Archer; presented by himself and his brother, Mr. Frank 

 Archer. 



Life-sized Models, coloured from nature, of the Menhaden, "VMiitefish 

 and Spanish Mackerel, in illustration of the method adopted for the 

 representation of the principal Fishes of the United States; a Salmon 

 from the Atlantic coast and one from the Pacific coast ; and Catalogues 

 A, B, C, D, E, and F, prepared for the International Fisheries' Exhi- 

 bition, London ; exchange presentation by Professor Spencer F. Baird, 

 Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, U.S.A., per Mr. R. Edward Earll. 



Three specimens of Sea Snakes (Chersydrus) from the Java Seas ; 

 presented by Mr. Wm. Baldwin. 



Two male specimens of the Golden-winged Bird of Paradise, Diphyl- 

 lodes chrysoptera, Gould, from New Guinea; presented by Dr. G. 

 Bennett, Sydney; Corresponding Member of the Literary and Philo- 

 sophical Society of Liverpool ; per Mr. J. G. Roberts. 



Moths, Pupae, and Drawirg of Caterpillar, of Egyptian " Cotton 

 Worm ; " presented by Mr. Richard BenweU. 



Two living specimens of Horse-shoe Crab, or King Crab {LimuUis 

 polyphemus) ; presented by Mr. Eugene Blackford, New York. 



Three large Centipedes, from Gutzlafi" Island, Shanghai; presented 

 by Mr. C. W. Bond, per Mr. J. M. King. 



